Kira Reed

Kira Reed also known as Kira Reed Lorsch, is an American actress, television host, writer, and producer.
Early life
Reed was born in Santa Clara, California, and by age five was performing in school plays and local dance recitals. By age 10, she was doing commercials and local catalog modeling. When her family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, she attended the Youth Performing Arts School and then went on to graduate from UCLA's School of Theatre, Film and Television.
Career
In addition to appearances as "Herself" and/or on behalf of organizations she works with, the list of Reed's credits includes producer, writer, director, and stunt person. She has appeared in movies, including starring roles in Red Shoe Diaries and The Price Of Desire, and on network television, on shows such as ER, NYPD Blue and The War at Home. She was a reporter and producer on Playboy TV's series Sexcetera, produced the second season of the Naked Happy Girls series and was both a writer and supervising producer on Playboy's hit travel/reality show 69 Sexy Things 2 Do Before You Die. Reed has worked as the backstage host for the Daytime Emmy Awards and a reporter for the Hollywood Christmas Parade. She was featured on Bravo Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis with her husband Robert Lorsch.
She is president of The RHL Group, an event-production and entertainment company founded by Robert Lorsch, producing charity events, feature films and television programming. In December 2012, Reed's Score: How to Win the Girl of Your Dreams book was published. She has done SCORE book signing events in the US and in the UK in partnership with Hard Rock Cafe.
Reed joined the cast of the Emmy nominated The Bay in 2014 and its producing team soon thereafter. The drama series won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series - New Approaches in 2015 and Reed herself took home an Emmy as a producer on the show in 2016. and again in 2017. In 2018, she received her first acting Emmy nomination as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for her role of "Jo Connors" on The Bay. She was nominated for Best Actress for her portrayal of "Morgan" in the feature Acts of Desperation, and received a Lifetime Achievement award for her body of work in independent film at the 2019 New Vision International Film Festival. In 2020 Ms. Lorsch and The RHL Group joined forces with Pure Flix to executive produce the faith-based action thriller Beckman in which she starred as "Janice" alongside David A.R. White and William Baldwin. In Love on the Rock, shot in Malta during the pandemic for Sony/Pinnacle Peak Pictures, Kira co-stars again with David A.R. White and Steven Bauer. Kira co-starred in the drama series Rumors as "Ellen" - acting teacher to young Hollywood. She took home the 2022 Indie Series Award for Best Supporting actress for her role. Kira joined the cast of Odd Man Out in 2023.
Reed's appearances in erotica included posing for Playboy Magazine in December 1996, in a group pictorial of women from the television series Women: Stories of Passion, and appearing in direct-to-video (DTV) movies like Secrets of a Chambermaid. In The Erotic Thriller in Contemporary Cinema, Linda Ruth Williams cited Reed and Delia Sheppard as examples of actresses who worked "...in B-scale erotic thrillers at the fringes of Hollywood, the obvious trajectory for a strip-circuit veteran (DTV divas Kira Reed and Delia Sheppard both started as showgirls.)" The book also reproduces a quote from an article at Playboy.com, with Williams again making specific reference to Reed. "Video may have killed the radio star, but it proved a real boon to Playmates in the Eighties, who played a not insignificant role in that decade's video revolution" Kira is featured in the 2023 documentary We Kill For Love about the lost genre of the direct-to-video erotic thriller.
Personal life
Kira married Robert Lorsch (died 2017) in 2008.
Kira Reed Lorsch served as president of the mental health organization The Thalians supporting programs for the wounded military men and women and their families of UCLA Operation Mend. She also supports Shelter Hope Pet Shop, a Thousand Oaks animal rescue group that puts dogs that might otherwise face euthanasia up for adoption instead. She appears as Ms. June in Shelter Hope's 2015 fundraising calendar. She also served on the Board of Trustees of California Science Center, home of the Robert H. Lorsch Family Pavilion and as a member of The Cedars-Sinai Board Of Governors (BOG). She is an ambassador for the mental health awareness campaign Imperfectly Perfect. She was profiled in Angeleno Magazine's "Dynamic Women of Los Angeles" 2018 and in "Icons Of Beverly Hills" in Modern Luxury Beverly Hills' Fall/Winter 2018-2019 issue as well as the 2020 Modern Luxury Hope Issue. Kira is spotlighted in the October 2021 issue of Riviera Magazine as an actress, producer, philanthropist, and luxury lifestyle wellness travel blogger. She was the inaugural recipient of the Icon Award for Women In Philanthropy presented at the 4th Annual Roger Neal Oscar Viewing Dinner, Icon Awards and Party. Kira is the cover model for the Winter 2022 issue of HIM Magazine.
Filmography
Television
Treacherous Crossing (1992) .... Passenger Sherilyn
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1 episode, 1994) .... Dancing Girl
Unsolved Mysteries (1 episode, 1996) .... Sara
Beverly Hills Bordello (1 episode, 1996) .... Jenny Cochran
Red Shoe Diaries (1 episode, 1996) .... Rita
Perversions of Science (1 episode, 1997) .... Vampiress
Click (2 episodes, 1997) .... Dominique
Women: Stories of Passion (1 episode, 1997) .... Marlene
Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments (1999) .... Salesgirl
Ryan Caulfield: Year One (1 episode, 1999) .... Nadine
Red Handed (1 episode, 1999) .... TV Host
Strip Mall (1 episode, 2000) .... Auditioning Actress
Madison Heights (1 episode, 2001) .... Susan
The Howard Stern Show (2 episodes, 2001) .... Herself
NYPD Blue (4 episodes, 2002) .... Gloria Simmons
ER (1 episode, 2003) .... Shop Girl
The War at Home (1 episode, 2006) .... Mrs. Petrusky
Sexcetera (1998-2008) .... Reporter/Producer
Chiller: 13 (2010) .... Commentator
Today Show (2010) .... Herself
Howard Stern on Demand (2 episodes, 2006–2010) .... Guest appearances
[[American Humane Association#The American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards|Hero Dog Awards]] (2011) .... Reporter
Hell's Kitchen (2011) .... Herself
The Daytime Emmy Awards (2009 - 2011) .... Backstage reporter
Interior Therapy with Jeff Lewis (2012) .... Herself
Money TV (7 Episodes, 2011 -2012) .... Commentator
Hollywood Christmas Parade (2009 -2014) .... Red Carpet Host/Reporter
America's Newsroom (2013) .... Free Afridi Activist/Panelist
Happening Now (2013) .... Herself
Pit Boss (2013) .... Animal Rescue Advocate
Fox and Friends (2013) .... Herself
CBS LA (2012-2013) .... Pets 2 Love Lady
The 411 (2016-17) .... Reporter/Producer
The 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (2017) .... Self-Winner
The Bay (2014-2018) .... Jo Connors
Female Friendly (2018) .... The Madame
Crystal: The Interview (2020) .... Linda
Wild Wild Yogis (2020) .... Gwen
Family Film Awards (2021) .... Self/Presenter/Winner
Rumors (2021) .... Ellen
Indie Series Awards (2022) .... Self/Presenter/Winner
Good Day Live (2022-2023) .... Self/Special Guest
Odd Man Out (2023) .... Christi
Indie Series Awards (2023) .... Presenter
Movies
We Kill for Love (2023) .... Herself
Love on the Rock (2021) .... Stoll
Witches of Amityville Academy (2021) .... Sam
Beckman (2020) .... Janice
Acts of Desperation (2018) .... Morgan
This Is Our Christmas (2018) .... Mrs. Hawkins
Thalians 56th Anniversary Gala (2014) .... Host/Herself
Thalians 55th Anniversary Gala (2011) .... Host/Herself
Vampire (2010) .... Chloe
Demon's Claw (2006) .... Elizabeth Balthory
Jailbait (2004) .... Nurse Jeri
BachelorMan (2003) .... Courtney Love Wannabe
The Final Victim (2003) .... Nadia
Cheerleader Ninjas (2002) .... Fantasy Girl
Just Can't Get Enough (2002) .... Amber Lee
Demon Under Glass (2002) .... Chloe Martin
Rage of the Innocents (2001) .... Erica
Amy's Orgasm (2001, also known as Amy's O) .... Shannon Steele
Forbidden Highway (2001) .... Cherry
The Mistress Club (2000) .... Trudy
House of Love (2000) .... Darby
Fast Lane to Malibu (2000) .... Officer Taylor
Surrender (2000) .... Lauren
Luck of the Draw (2000) .... Zippo's Boudoir Girl
Stigmata (1999) ....Stunt Double
Shadow Dancer (1999) .... Janet
Wasteland Justice (1999) .... Shanna
Thriller: Caron (1999) .... Caron
Alien Files (1998) .... Agent Forrest
A Place Called Truth (1998) .... Kit
Losing Control (1997) .... Kim
Too Good to Be True (1997/II) .... Darcy
Secrets of a Chambermaid (1997) .... Odile
Madam Savant (1997) .... Suzy Largo
The Price of Desire (1997) .... Monica
The Night That Never Happened (1997) .... Claire
Fallen Angel (1997) (as Kira Lee) .... Kristi
The Lady in Blue (1996) .... Carla
Damien's Seed (1996) .... Carol
Secret Places (1996) .... Holly
Maui Heat (1996) .... Sara
Mr. Saturday Night (1992) .... Beauty Pageant Contestant
References
External links
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Living people
People from Santa Clara, California
UCLA Film School alumni
Actresses from California
American television actresses
American film actresses
Television producers from California
American women television producers
Year of birth missing (living people)